Try It! You'll Like It!

            Have you had your JOY JUICE today? Try it, you’ll like it!

            In the early 1970’s there was a commercial for a popular antacid whose main line was “TRY IT!  YOU’LL LIKE IT.”  Those five words are still often used as a flashback to that ad.  Today I want to use the phrase to encourage you to drink the genuine JOY JUICE of JESUS.  I can promise that if you will “taste and see that the Lord is good”, you’ll experience a peace and joy that is like no other.  TRY IT! YOU’LL LIKE IT!

            Proverbs 14:30 tells us “A heart of peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.”   It doesn’t take us long to come up with personal examples to prove that truth.

            If we are jealous and envious of something that someone else has, we are not at peace…as a matter of fact, we grow bitter and resentful; critical and judgmental.  But when we learn to be content with what God has given us…as Paul speaks of in Philippians 4:4-7, we’ll be overflowing with peace and joy from God.  Paul tells to:

^“Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.  Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;  and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

            “TRY IT! YOU’LL LIKE IT.”  I’m talking about the JOY and PEACE that will come from a personal relationship with JESUS!